This Concrete Dome Holds A Leaking Toxic Timebomb | Foreign Correspondent 

the worst part is that these islands are beautiful and they never asked for this

I was there in 1971 before they started the clean up. We delivered supplies to guys that were stationed there for a loran station. They only lasted about six months before becoming deathly sick and taken to Hawaii medical hospital to die. We spent three days on the island and was never told it was hot. Only the brass knew and they never came out of their quarters. At night time there wasn't any stars visible because of the green glow of the ocean. At night time you could feel like you were getting a sun burn. I have aged 30 years from that experience above my age at 68. Bone pain is nothing to laugh about. All of your nerves are effected by arthritis. After that I was sent up the quangtri river were agent orange settled into the river. It floats on top of the water. Now I have hischemic heart disease to boot. Join the military and become a patriot. Right.

I'm nearly 29 and just knoe finding this out. I never knew the marshall islands existed, along with this dome. As an American, I'm disgusted at the blatant negligence. my heart goes out to the people affected.

My father was stationed there in the 1950's during his time in the navy and had to bear witness to the atomic bomb testing. GI Guinea pigs. For that, he was immediately sickened and died young, as did my oldest brother. The U.S. government lied to him too. He always felt bad about what the government did to the Marshallese.

'the wind failed to follow their predictions'. Arrogance level: 1,000,000

“The wind failed to follow the prediction.” Those words anger me.

I was moved to tears twice during this documentary, both times listening to Kathy talk so bravely and eloquently about her battle to save her home for her children. The effects of climate change on these peoples home is a crime against humanity, an absolute tragedy. Sadly, those responsible will never know nor care about these people.

My dad was stationed at Enewetak for operation teapot back then. As of 2022, he is 97 years old and still kicking. 90% deaf from ordinance explosions & being around jets for 28 years; 75% blind from glaucoma but still here nonetheless. I guess he is one of the lucky ones.

The older I get the more I learn just how little I know about what goes on in this world, we are on this planet floating around space all alone and yet we seem destined to wipe ourselves out of existence for what, a moment of glory and domination over others.

just amazes me how millions of dollars from anywhere can be spent on destruction of the world. but no one wants to spend the money on creating a better place.

The documentary was excellent. As a US Navy service member I was in the Marshall Islands aboard USS Pearl Harbor in 2013 and had no idea about these injustices to both the Marshallese people and my Army brothers. 😢😢😢😢

I watched a PBS show about a team of scientist that visited a island that was right in the center of some of the largest nuclear explosions in the pacific and they were surprised how low the the radiation level was. Only when they picked up a coconut and tested it did the Geiger counter give out a warning about dangerous levels. Turns out that the radioactive isotopes are able to bond with the calcium found in coconuts. Shame that someone has not mailed the plutonium to those in Washington D.C.

As a Marshallese, I’m angry! As an American, I’m disgusted! As a retired Veteran, I feel betrayed!

'The wind failed to follow the predictions'... LOL, how about 'we messed up the predictions and we are fully responsible for radioactive dust falling on people'???

My Uncle Richard Masculine was One of those Soldiers, who is no longer here, who fought for the soldiers and himself, and died and also had Cancer, I Loved him very much, and he showed me all the pictures and told me about the villagers as well, and everything that is being talked about in this video😪🤬 Rest in Peace Richard Masculine. Masculine was one of the founding members of our Enewetak Atoll Atomic Debris Cleanup Mission Group here on Facebook. He died of health complications due to the radiation exposure he was exposed to at Enewetak Atoll. The radiation we were exposed to is an almost silent killer. It has caused cancer and other health issues in many of us. Richard will be missed by all the soldiers who knew him. My condolences to his family and all who knew him. May God find peace for his soul!

I grew up in the Marshalls and learned all this years later It's a shame what government has done and what will be done

“For the good of mankind” Many years later; still cannot go back to our homeland because it’s covered with radiation. doesn’t sound soo good.

How have I never heard of this.. what else are we not taught in history class. This is terrible

Disturbing how easily the government can do this to a people and then leave it poisonous!

UN give her standing ovation, then what? Nothing ever will be done.

We are disgusted by North Korea's ways but have mistakes like this and ignore it still exists

The island called bikini makes me think that’s why they named spongebobs house bikini bottom they’re all mutated radioactive creatures

This takes "little knowledge is dangerous." to a whole new level. Mistakes from the old generation can have an impact on the future generations. I pray for Everyone's safety.

My father worked on this project "cleaning it up" circa 1979. Couple with his Agent Orange exposure during 2 tours in Vietnam the radiation didn't help. He had a myriad of issues all traced back to these assignments. We lost him in 2021.

As an American, I would rather my tax dollars go to cleaning this mess up (since our military-industrial complex created it) than investing in more conflict. We can’t remove the health problems people already have, but we can take care of those people as best modern medicine can. It’s just the right thing to do.

Clicked on this video out of simple curiosity and was opened on a new hidden topic that the rest of the world doesnt know about...we need to see more of this

What a very sad situation to these wonderful people 😢 ! What we ,our military have done to our soldiers that "cleaned up " the island are suffering for the rest of their lives !! This is so sad. I am learning about this as an old lady !! Prayers for our soldiers and the people of those atolls 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I knew one of those 4000 soldiers, met him in Germany in 1983 Xray's showed he had spots on his lungs, then, and told me that he believed it came from his time helping to build the dome. I lost touch, but always hoped things worked out for him.

This is just disgusting!As an American,I’m embarrassed.

"we were lied to" seems to be a common pattern

My father was in the Navy he was there during the testing. He had multiple types of cancer. He knew it was from the blast. He said they felt the shockwave and the fallout came down on the ship.

I would’ve paid attention in history class if they taught us about things like this, this is really important to our future as human beings and more people should know about this. It’s sad that I’m 22 and just now learning that this even happened..

"The wind failed to follow the predictions" this is a crime against humanity, coming from a 25 year retired vet.

I hope in my lifetime we get human decency figured out. This is disgusting.

My grandfather was stationed at Eniwetok with the Army in the 50's. He was a Jeep mechanic and a barber. Growing up I just assumed that Eniwetok was a household name... Especially because the first H-bomb was tested there. How wrong I've been as I've gotten older. We still have one of his servicemen's jackets, complete with a giant mushroom cloud embroidered on the back. A different era for sure. Grandpa died relatively young and was quite ill in his later years. Most of the family feels pretty certain his health problems were largely caused by exposure to fallout and contaminated sand.

The same latitude as Panama where many of my relatives were diagnosed with leukemia in 1967! The nuclear dust moved east over the pacific at same latitude! She was only 39 years old and suffered terribly for five years!

I made a presentation about this two years ago in my history class. The carelessness has personally affected my family. More people need to know the damage already done and what could happen if it's further ignored. We need to speak about the nuclear waste tomb, spread the word.

It's a shame that not a lot of us know about this injustice. It's sickening to think that these people were just used...as if they were inanimate objects

Difficult to keep comments respectful after hearing this. It’s even more horrific that the US government wasn’t taking responsibility for the aftermath…I am surprised that this documentary is available! I am just as responsible for our government because I have been so ignorant and selfish! It’s no wonder we have been called the ‘ugly Americans’ …shame, shame on us! As I write this I realize that there are no words that can make up for the suffering that has been experienced from those who suffer the aftermath while the ones who made the decisions and covered up the horrific results seemingly get away unscathed! Wake up America! We/I can no longer ‘bury my/our heads in the sand’ and claim to be innocent because we have have not been informed or are so uneducated to the horrors that are perpetrated to mankind and our beautiful planet…let’s use our voice and choices to speak up! It’s never ‘too late’ it can’t be because then it appears hopeless! I cannot and will not entertain hopelessness! I remain faithful in a power greater than myself and advocate justice through exposure in order to avoid another catastrophe perpetrated by greed… “Forgive us Father for we have sinned…”

The tests should never have left Nevada. It was morally indefensible to do this.

They could dig up the 80,000 cubic meters of waste under the dome and dump it in the garden in the Centre of the Pentagon.

i was born and raised here on enewetak atoll, then moved to hawaii for about 20 years now, i cant watch the whole video, makes me cry and mad at the same time, sorry im out

I'm married to a Marshallese family. Regardless of that, I find it disgusting an entire race was almost wiped out of existence. My wife told me a lot of the elders still suffer. Marshalese people are some of that most caring, welcoming,and family oriented people I've ever met.

This is disgraceful! I’m a middle aged, college educated American woman, WHY am I just now learning about this??? Especially shameful are the veterans who helped clean this up & cannot even get adequate healthcare. smh We need to call & write to our congress persons, DEMAND that something be done about that leaky dome, that compensation be given to these people & that our veterans be cared for adequately. All the stupid shit we get taxed to pay for & we’re not even covering adequate health coverage for the veterans who are now sick because of the things they were ordered to do to try to protect us! Shameful!!

I hope the YT algorithm pushes this so more people can learn about this. We need to make sure all that radiation is not dumped into the ocean. Edit; I'm glad so many people agree! Thanks for all the likes 💕

This place is so beautiful, and the U. S. government ruined it It's like someone take a shit in your house and then left.

I was 9 years old held a presentation about the the two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 of august 1945. It was 1972 the children didn’t make a sound while I was talking. I still ask myself whom got the message. Now another thing in 2023 I’m 60 years old watching this documentary, what are the lessons learned in order to preserve this blue jewelry in space to stay our home.

I've traveled to many places on earth. My favorite is a Coral reef. Makes me sick to think and know they have been bombed and ruined.

They knew the fall out would cause illness and still lied about it. This whole thing is terribly disgusting 🤬

How sad it is that humans destroy such beautiful placed. Really breaks my heart.

Similar to the burn pits in military areas. Veterans are just now receiving treatment for cancers.

Ironically, Widespread adoption of nuclear energy would have prevented climate change.

Its like when you where younger and where told to tidy your room, instead of actually cleaning up the mess you just throw a sheet over it and call it a day.

its 2020, i'm afraid that no action has been taken because we have not heard anything so far.

"The wind failed to follow the predictions" you spelled "we were wrong" wrong.

My Dad was US Army Retired. 24 years.He joined in December 41. He served two tours there with Task Force 7 and participated in 24 subsurface, surface and atmospheric tests with the Signal Corps. It killed him, he passed from a rare bone cancer. His bones became so thin that they had to put several rods in to keep his bones from breaking. I have his cigarette lighter with a map of the atoll and mushroom cloud engraved on it along with some large declassified photos.

Finally, I’m not even surprised about the treatment of the troops. Not the first time they’re treated as disposable and won’t be the last. So many people preach alignment with troops, but are very ok with them never receiving care after the work is done.

This broke my heart and pissed me off at the same time!

can't see anything online to see if they have done anything to repair it.

My dad was stationed on a sea going tug boat. The Abnaki. The boat was anchored in the lagoon at Enewitak. The airforce flew overhead, dropped the bomb, it blew. The men had to dive in and log any changes in the ocean floor.. He went thru 17 blasts. He died at the age of 45. I was born missing a hand.😢

“They were careless people … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” The Great Gatsby

My dad watched the nuclear testing at MontiBello SA Australia. He died of Mesothelioma. He got no compensation. He also collected the sea mines after war time, and again got no comp. Defence forces need to send there heads to clean up etc. Or have them live there long enough, to suffer the same diseases these poor men suffer.

I was there in 1986,87,88,89,90,91,while I was worked at Air Marshal Islands .

That's a tough video! It brings tears to my eyes.

I grew up in Springdale, Arkansas which is where the largest Marshallese population exists outside of the Marshall Islands. I’ve known about this my entire life. Their entire population is challenged with cancer still to this day. Very sad.

My dad has a myriad of health problems because of US government negligence. Seeing those two old soldiers talk hits really hard, because I know the frustration their family feels as they watch them suffer and the government pretend it never happened.

In 1965 I was with the Army Map Service stationed on Eniwetok, I was there for 5 months, before being shipped off to another island in the Gilbert Island group, I swam in that bomb crater for 3 hours, we didn't know it was still hot, we were young and stupid, the crater was beautiful, the fish and other sea life, were mutated, but we didn't know why at the time! I was relaxing to swim where there were no sharks, in the lagoon you had to always be on your guard watching for sharks! Every Sunday a boat would leave the main island where the airstrip, and housing were located, and take anyone that wanted to go to another island in the atoll to look for things that might have washed up on the outer shores, that you might find as souvenirs to take home! We didn't know that there had been over 55 bomb tests on, and around the atoll, even in the middle of the atoll! When we hit the beach we cut cross country going toward the town that was once there, that's when we found 2 bomb craters, the one closest to the lagoon had a shark in it, so we decided to swim in the larger one, after our swim we started walking again toward the town, thats when we saw the sign, " Keep Out High Radiation Area ". In 2021 I was a volunteer for the National Park Service on the Natchez Trace Parkway, the group I belonged to set up a Pioneer Days event teaching people crafts that people 200 years ago did; a man came up with his family, he had an Army ball cap on, I ask him where he was stationed, he said a place I had never heard of, Eniwetok in the South West Pacific, I ask him what he did, he said he drove a bull dozer, thats when I knew he was the one that filled in the crater that I had swam in in 1965! We shared experiences, took a picture , and said good bye! I had read several years ago that there were cracks in the glass bottom of the crater, that was one of the things that I realized when swimming in the crater, the heat from the blast had melted the sand into glass, and the wave action was flushing the radiation out into the lagoon! I had my first squamous cell carcinoma surgery in 1982, now I have them on a regular basis, on my face , arms, chest, and other parts of my body! Living in the South, they say it is just caused by my exposure to the sun! At age 81, I now let the VA take care of my medical needs, the problem with ionized radiation is that it changes the molecular structure of the human body where these traits are passed on down to our children , and grandchildren! I now pray for my kids, and grand kids that they will not be effected by the radiation I received!

I did a 5th or 6th grade project on the Marshall Islands and my teacher told me to not put any negative info and keep it positive and took out the nuke info Smh now I feel my A+ was tainted

I never heard of this and it is shameful how we treated the home of these people as well as our servicemen. My father died from agent exposure in 2014 and they denied he was close enough to it even though he worked on the planes that dropped agent orange. He had every illness on the list of linked conditions and they still refused to list him as exposed.

How can governments get away with this, absolutely disgraceful, they should be held accountable.

I was assigned to an LSD that was assigned to transport an irradiate barge from Johnston Island to Enewetak. That object easily fit in out well deck. The transport went off without a hitch. After it was dropped off we set to the task of washing the well deck. We were told not to lay or exercise there. It was after seeing this I recalled sighting this concrete dome. I was assigned to the USS Fort Fisher - sight of it chilled me then, angers me now.

"the wind failed to follow that prediction" talk about arrogance and passing the blame. wow just wow

Everything RU-vid is recommending to me the past couple days is very terrifying and incredibly saddening. What we have done to this earth and it's people is sickening. As an American, I sincerely apologize to all countries, its natives and our mother earth.

And then you understood the dark context of Bikini Bottom

The poison is not just on the islands, but throughout the pacific ocean.

Talk about cruelty!! There are no words for this!! Sorry and sad for the world we live in.

This is identical to Chernobyl and Fukushima, the clean up is so costly they would rather watch it slowly fade away.

One of my co-workers worked on that cleanup site while in the navy. It was a top secret operation. He has started to get sick, but the DOD states that no cleanup ever had taken place

So why did you take a geigerteller on your trip ? For personal safety and update of the current situation

God bless the people of the Marshall Islands. May Almighty God bless your family and your land. Keep you safe and secure for ever and ever.

My father was here in the late 70's. He is lucky that he shows zero signs of cancer or sickness from his time there.

"The wind failed to follow that prediction" No sir, you failed to predict it.

This seems to be the story of every indigenous person on the planet

We, the United States, owe these people a life, a living, a future. We owe the parents, the grandparents, justice. We should be begging them for mercy and forgiveness for our mistreatments and arrogance of our past. We owe the children, the grandchildren a safe and full life now and for futures to come. Watching this made me cry in sadness, and so so ashamed. The people in our government, and military heads ... not the soldiers, who were also taken advantage of and forgotten...should be dumped to eek out a living there and these people given THEIR and their ancestors assets in America! Nuclear war, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons should have never have been invented nor attempted to be brought into use. I know there are other countries responsible as well for these kind of monstrous doings, but I can only speak for my country. We should have been smarter, better, more conscious of our planet, its beautiful abundance and its life all around. We still behave as if we are the most important, our comfort and privelages now above even our children's. We deserve this planets fury, most of mankind, but there are so many who really do not, yet they usually suffer first, and the worst. I am truly sorry. I don't like feeling ashamed of my country, I wish I could stick my head in the sand and rationalize everything to feel better, but the older I get and the more truth I learn, the more impossible that is. It is no wonder certain people are against teaching truth in schools about our history and atrocities committed against other nations, because it is damn bad for "morale". But maybe we need to think about truths and finding a better way based on love, empathy and responsibility instead of our gain.

These topics should be included in our history books. It is crucial that all people know these things.

more people need to know about this. I had no idea how devastating the US was to Oceania until I moved to Hawaii. It is terrible. There's a devastated island off Maui where the military cracked the water table. There are unexploded bombs in the ocean and coral. It is absolutely awful.

The United States should support these people and decontaminate their island.

I am sickened by the despicable behavior. As an American I am ashamed of what we have done to these people.

Its weird that I went here on Google earth and I was like 'huh what is that, well I guess we will never know' Little did I know...

It’s insane how I’ve never even heard of this... this is INSANE!!!! Our government is responsible!!!!

Wow! God bless these all these and their families always! Amen!

Forgive me if I'm incorrect but it was my understanding that the producing country remains responsible for the nuclear waste for as long as it exists - meaning the United States can handwave on its responsibility all it likes because they are still, by international law, responsible for what is under that dome. It is disgusting that this was ever allowed to happen to the Marshall Islands. But trying to shove off responsibility to an island nation without the resources to deal with their mess is utterly appalling on the US's part and morally bankrupt to boot. But given how they poisoned their own in the clean-up and lied about it, and continue to use those in their military services in obscene ways, it is hardly surprising.

This is sad. Frustrating. the least the US could do is pick the bill for these guys medical care treatment. Com’ on

I'm not even from this country but looking at this, I feel so violated.

Very shameful and embarrassing to know the US did this and have yet to do anything to rectify this mess. Another reason on the list that the USA is disliked by so many...wow😕

It’s unbelievable what is being done to us…

America is like someone who never look at themselves at the mirror. Telling others bad but always denial of their own fault

10:51 "The wind failed to follow the prediction." I feel your pain, brother. The lottery fails my predictions all the time... I know my numbers were right.

A billion people around the world went into exile with out any compensation or support. Most never returned to their destroyed homes. War is difficult for everyone

The WORLD needs to get our priorities straight & clean up this mess! Fund robots together that will address this mess-not use people. Just one of MANY terrible injustices to native people.